By News on the Net -- Missouri Independent —— Bio and Archives April 4, 2024
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A fertilizer spill this month in southwest Iowa killed nearly all the fish in a 60-mile stretch of river with an estimated death toll of more than 750,000, according to Iowa and Missouri conservation officers.
That is the biggest fish kill in Iowa in at least a decade and the fifth-largest on record, according to state data.
And it could have been worse: Fish populations were likely smaller
than normal when the spill happened because of cold water temperatures
and low river flows. ---More...
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